Vegan in Mumbai

Mumbai is one of the easier places in India to eat plant-based. Roughly 450 vegan or vegan-friendly venues are listed across the city, and the national share of people eating fully plant-based sits near 9%. That combination means you rarely need a dedicated vegan restaurant — most ordinary menus now carry at least one plant-based main, and staff are used to the question.

Where to look

• Bandra
• Andheri
• Colaba

What to order

• lentils
• chickpeas

How to eat vegan in Mumbai

1. Start with cuisines that are plant-based by default — South Asian, Levantine, Ethiopian and East Asian menus usually have several naturally vegan mains.
2. Learn one sentence in the local language: no meat, no dairy, no egg. It resolves nearly every ordering problem in one go.
3. Keep a fallback in your pocket: a supermarket meal deal, a falafel counter, or a bakery with a bean-filled pastry. Hunger, not ethics, is what breaks most trips.